This is what I've found when I was trying to change the silicone couplers in my IC... It doesn't look nice:








What do you guys think? Turbos leaking?? Any other possibility??

 

could be that or you aren't venting the "crank" case properly and you're getting blow by from too much built up pressure. I can't think of what it's called at the moment so I said "crank" case, but I just woke up.

 

it is common, i get it too

 

thats normal if you havnet wiped them down in a while. You will gat a little bit of oil in the pipes from time to time.

 

when i first bought my FD, it only had 32k miles on it and ran perfectly, was bone stock. i changed the couplings out with silicone ones as about a week after i got it and they had a little "blow-by" oil in them. i really don't think its as bad as you think it is, unless there is a small swimming pool in your IC that you're not showing us.

 

everyone on here is correct. on rotary's you get alot of blowby and it is not a problem that is causing it. take out your i/c and turn it over. I guarantee oil will flow out.

 

You can prevent some of this by getting an oil catch can, no?

I've had my intake for about 4,000 miles, and they are somewhat saturated with oil... not completely pitch black, but definitely wet... think an oil catch can will alleviate the problem?

 

i always liked to think of it as "snot." it sorta acts like the mucus in your nasal passages and catch some of the crap (dust, pollen, etc.) that may have found its way past your intake filter. just wipe it out every oil change or so and you'll be fine.

but yes, a catch can would limit the amount getting through the whole system

 

That oil is coming from the turbos. They will always do it as no seal is 100% perfect. Its not blow by related to anything rotary, its purely a turbo thing but nothing to worry about.

 

that's great! This is my first turbo powered car and I thought it was something related with a big turbo problem. My previous Civic type-R's intake was always clean, of course...

 

I have this problem constantly because when you take a stock FD to the track, under hard right hand cornering the oil comes up the filler neck, then gets sucked through the turbos. I have to drain out my I/C from time to time because a lot of oil pools in there.

 

The best way to know if you have a problem is to clean up the pipes/couplers now. Put them back on, and then check them in about 500 miles. If they look like that again in 500 miles, you have a problem. If not, just keep driving.

 

And even if you do fail this test, there isn't much need to replace things until you're blowing oil smoke out the exhaust under boost.

Dave

 

Is it time to rebuild the turbos if you are getting oil smoke under boost? or could it be related to oil/vacuum lines?

 

could be related to case breathing... same problem mike b was having... at first we thought he blew his turbo seals... then found out he capped off his case breather and the oil pressure caused blow-by and oily smoke.

 

while you have it open spray some carb cleaner in the I/C to clean up the oil inside. this is normal to have some oil fog in the pipes and I/C. the turbos (oil & water cooled) spin so fast that sone oil will mist threw the system. let me know if you want a nice set of RE I/C hard pipes for the stock I/C in mint condition coated in 2000 degree grey ice coating i am going to be selling them soon. they will look nice with your system.

Jeff

 

I'm replacing my IC with a Pettit Coolcharge II... I don't think this piping can be used with my new setup. But thanks anyway for the offer, man

 

no problem!. the pettit I/C is a nice upgrade.

Jeff

 

how did you figure that you have oil in your intake? did you take them out to see?

 

Where is the case breather located?

 

From the pics, I though the problem was that you found a wadded up paper towel in your IC piping.

Oil in the track in normal to an extent. The extent of any "problem" is down to the extent of oil. If your car isn't smoking excessively, I wouldn't worry about it now.

 

+1

 

LOL! Me too!

 

No, my car is not smoking excessively. In fact it doesn't smoke at all, only in cold startup in winter days. So I'll change my IC and I'll take a look after riding some kms...

 

Should have been more specific, I meant the foam filters.